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Jimmy Wales | 1 Sep 14:15
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Re: Wikimania 2008 Official Bid - call to arms

Yes, traditionally I celebrate my birthday at Wikimania, no matter when 
the actual date might be. (Sources differ, ha ha.)

James Hardy wrote:
> clashing with Jimmy's birthday doesn't seem to have adversely affected 
> any of the previous winning bids
> Frankfurt: 4 Aug - 8 Aug
> Boston: 4 Aug - 6 Aug
> Taipei: 3 Aug - 5 Aug
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> my guess is he enjoys a piss-up with his wiki-minions ;)
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> On 31/08/2007, *Gary Kirk* <gary.kirk <at> gmail.com 
> <mailto:gary.kirk <at> gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     Sorry, that's Jimmy Wales. I'd assume he'll attend :P.
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>     On 8/31/07, Gary Kirk <gary.kirk <at> gmail.com
>     <mailto:gary.kirk <at> gmail.com>> wrote:
>      > Personally I have no preference but I know one of the jury's
>     birthday
>      > falls during that time frame, and it is Jimmy's birthday on the 7th,
>      > so with jetlag and the like they may not be too thrilled by that :) -
>      > not enough to affect their decisions on the jury, but, you know, it
>      > doesn't help us :).
>      > Or is this a non-issue?
>      >
>      > On 8/31/07, Cormac Lawler <cormaggio <at> gmail.com
>     <mailto:cormaggio <at> gmail.com>> wrote:
>      > > On 8/31/07, Gary Kirk < gary.kirk <at> gmail.com
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Gary Kirk | 2 Sep 13:26
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Wikimania London bid - what sponsorship is required?

Can people please take a look at m:Wikimania
2008/Bids/London/Coordination and on the list of potential business
sponsors linked there start adding your ideas and what exactly the
sponsorship is needed for, as frankly I have no idea.
Cheers,

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Gordon Joly | 2 Sep 18:20
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>I don't imagine this would be a problem. The Wikimedia Foundation is a
>charity registered in Florida, and Wikimedia UK is, as you say, on its
>way to becoming a charity soon. Having said this, I imagine (with
>absolutely no evidence to back it up) that corporate sponsors are most
>likely to give a quick response - at least to indicate possible
>interest. Does anyone have experience of the time taken to apply for
>funding from funds of the state and its agencies?
>
>Cormac
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>_

The time taken is usually in proportion to the amount sought.

My guess that we would have get an answer very fast, and that any of 
the Lottery funded routes would be too slow (e.g. three to six 
months).

My reading is that any body must have had some background 
independently, so appealing to the Foundation's history is not going 
to help. Although they could support the application in other ways.

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Gordon Joly | 2 Sep 18:24
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Re: Wikimania 2008 Official Bid - call to arms

At 08:15 -0400 1/9/07, Jimmy Wales wrote:
>Yes, traditionally I celebrate my birthday at Wikimania, no matter when
>the actual date might be. (Sources differ, ha ha.)
>

So, like the Queen of England, both an official and a real birthday?

Gordo

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Rob Church | 2 Sep 18:28
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On 02/09/07, Gordon Joly <gordon.joly <at> pobox.com> wrote:
> So, like the Queen of England, both an official and a real birthday?

Not the first time dearest Jimbo has been referred to as being like
the Queen of England. Unfortunately, the comparison is not at all
appropriate.

Generally, if Jimbo celebrates his birthday on, say, August 5th or
6th, it wouldn't necessarily be different from many other people
celebrating their birthdays slightly ahead of or after schedule.

(While we're on the subject, my birthday falls comfortably inside of
the Wikimania period.)

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Kettering | 3 Sep 09:39
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Re: The Wikipedia Story


Gordon Joly wrote:
> 
> The Wikipedia Story is on BBC Radio 4:
> 
> Tuesday 24 July 2007 11:30-12:00 (Radio 4 FM)
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> 
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/pip/efv21/
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> <quot>
> Clive Anderson looks at one of the world's fastest growing websites, 
> the online encyclopedia to which anybody can contribute. Is Wikipedia 
> a valuable source of human knowledge or a symptom of the spread of 
> mediocrity and the devaluation of research?
> </quot>
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> Gordo
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Kettering | 3 Sep 09:41
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Re: The Wikipedia Story


Does anyone know where to get hold of the podcast of "The Wikipedia Story" ?
I heard it in the car while on holiday, so was unable to record it on
"listen again."
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Gary Kirk | 3 Sep 17:19
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Am I honestly just wasting my time?


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James Hardy | 3 Sep 18:10

Re: Wikimania 2008 Official Bid - call to arms

Rather than just trying to find money randomly, it may be better to try and work out a budget first so we know what we need. How much does it cost to run a wikimania and what resources would be required?

Also some potential sponsors may not be able to provide money but would be able to provide some kind of service that we might need, eg if ucl donate their facilities for the conference that would represent a saving of £thousands compared to commercial conference facility rates.

Also I've had a look at last years sponsors, (at least) two of them have offices in the UK:  Yahoo! and Afilias; might they be willing to go again?


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Gary Kirk | 3 Sep 18:24
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They possibly will. But I for one have no idea what the sponsorship is
for, and thus there is no way I can approach anybody about it. There
is only a certain level I can take this bid to personally on my own,
and I've reached it. Tell me what we need money for and I'll try my
best, as can everyone else with limited time, resources. bla bla... :)

On 9/3/07, James Hardy <wikimediauk <at> weeb.biz> wrote:
> Rather than just trying to find money randomly, it may be better to try and
> work out a budget first so we know what we need. How much does it cost to
> run a wikimania and what resources would be required?
>
> Also some potential sponsors may not be able to provide money but would be
> able to provide some kind of service that we might need, eg if ucl donate
> their facilities for the conference that would represent a saving of
> £thousands compared to commercial conference facility rates.
>
> Also I've had a look at last years sponsors, (at least) two of them have
> offices in the UK:  Yahoo! and Afilias; might they be willing to go again?
>
> On 03/09/07, Gary Kirk <gary.kirk <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Take a look at this:
> > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2008/Bids/Atlanta/Sponsorships
> > and note the difference to
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2008/Bids/London/List_of_potential_business_sponsors
> >
> >
> >
> > Am I honestly just wasting my time?
> >
> >
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